By SDCN Editor Otay Mesa, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility Saturday seized $38 million worth of methamphetamine within a shipment of kale. CBP officers encountered a 34-year-old male driver of a tractor-trailer around 12:08 p.m. with a shipment manifest for kale. During the initial inspection, an […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the San Diego Field Office released data of seized varieties of narcotics worth an estimated quarter billion dollars from January 1 to April 30, federal authorities said. The San Diego Field Office reports that the narcotics seized were from ports of entry at […]

By SDCN Editor Chula Vista, CA–Transdev workers represented by Teamsters Local 683 who provide transportation services for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) are on an unfair labor practice strike. Local 683 has filed three ULP charges and an OSHA complaint against Transdev for bargaining in bad faith, threatening workers for honoring a picket […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–In two separate incidents, gunfire was reported by San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents patrolling the immediate international border with Mexico. The most recent incident occurred just yards north of the border on Monday at 9:05 p.m., about one-half mile east of the San Ysidro port of entry. As agents […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead, and multiple people injured on May 5 at a recreation center in the South Bay. San Diego Police Communications Center received a call at around 7:03 p.m. of a shooting at the Montgomery Waller Recreation Center in the […]

By SDCN Editor Otay Mesa, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry intercepted 3,520,000 fentanyl pills concealed within a shipment of green beans, worth an estimated street value of $21,120,000. On Monday, at approximately 7:21 p.m., CBP officers encountered a 48-year-old male driver of a tractor-trailer, with a […]

By SDCN Editor Bonita, CA–The Sheriff’s Department is investigating the shooting death of a man early Sunday morning in the South Bay, authorities said.  The incident occurred at around 5:30 a.m. in the 2900 block of Equitation Lane in the unincorporated area of Bonita. The male victim was transported to the hospital where he succumbed […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the San Diego Field Office thwarted three major narcotics smuggling attempts over the weekend worth more than $5.7 million. The recent interceptions come on the heels of a significant narcotic seizure that occurred at the Calexico Port of Entry on March 15. “These […]

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with an early morning deadly stabbing at a gas station in San Ysidro, authorities said.  Detectives were notified by officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that the suspect, 32-year-old Hector Alcantara, of San Diego, had been detained at the […]